Posts Tagged ‘kids’
How to Get Your Kids to Help You More
Are you tired of feeling like the family slave? Do you feel like if you don’t do it yourself, it’ll never get done? Wish your kids would pitch in and help, but feel like they’re too young or it’s not worth the battle trying to get them to do it?
Read MoreKeeping A Family Book of Quotes
Kids say the funniest things. Once your child starts talking, they never cease to come up with questions and comments that crack you up. You might think you’ll remember this stuff, but there’s a good chance you won’t. My boys are teenagers now and I’m kicking myself for not keeping a family book of quotes…
Read More4 Tips For Building Close Communication With Your Child
I’m not a parenting expert. I don’t even play one on TV. I may occasionally start talking like I know it all and the next the day my kids put me back in my place by defying all acceptable codes of behaviour. Now that my boys are teenagers I can see one particular area where I might deserve a…
Read MoreWhy My Son Quit Minecraft For Good
When my 12 year old son told me last week that he’s quitting Minecraft for good I nearly fell off my chair. He realised he was addicted when he found himself bored while playing it, yet unable to stop himself. I asked him if he didn’t want to just ease out of it slowly, but…
Read MoreHow To Get Your Child To Listen To You
Do you feel a broken record – repeating the same instruction to your child over and over? Not sure whether to book them in for a hearing test or yourself into the looney bin? How can you get your child to listen to you the first time you say it? I used to go nuts over my boys’ inability to…
Read MoreHow To Stop Sibling Squabbles
Are you sick of hearing your kids bicker? Worried they’ll kill each other – or that you’ll be driven to do it yourself? When my boys were three and six I was at my wits’ end. They were constantly fighting, and I’d morphed into a chronic shout-a-holic. My older son played the good cop and…
Read MoreBecome The Master of Your Circus (And Tame Those Wild Animals)
Sick of the sound of your own nagging voice? Feel like a broken record on repeat? Do your kids only listen once you’ve reached screaming point? What’s a stressed out mother supposed to do? I used to drive myself crazy trying to get my kids to behave like human beings instead of wild animals. Now…
Read MoreFallen Out With Your Man? Why Email Is The Answer
You’ve had a major argument with your husband. You both think you’re right. You can cut the tension with a chainsaw. All attempts at communication are blocked by defensive egos – neither of you are prepared to back down. In our 16 years together, my husband and I have had some ridiculously drawn out arguments. We’re…
Read MoreFright Night Or Fun Fest – How Do Your Kids Cope With Halloween?
Do your kids love the trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving, dressing up of Halloween? Or is it just a nightmare of of scary ghoulish faces? Some children under the age of six find it difficult to know the difference between reality and fantasy, so for them Halloween truly is a living nightmare. So how do you turn…
Read More5 Ways to Get Your Fitness Mojo Back
Fallen out of the fitness groove and want to find a way back in? Need some inspiration to get you moving again? Finding a workout that’s fun and fits in with family timetables can be a challenge. The very first step is to figure out what you enjoy doing – you’re not going to stick…
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